MT Crest Abbey Mausoleum

The following is a list of ceremonies and observances scheduled for Monday, May 28. Albany: Annual Memorial Day ceremony to honor our veterans from all time periods starts at 11 a.m. at Timber Linn Veterans Memorial Park located at 900 Price Rd SE. Corvallis: All Benton County Veterans Memorial is at 2:00 p.m. at National Guard Armory located at 1100 N.W. Kings Blvd. Memorial Day Celebration at 10:00 a.m. at Crystal Lake Cemetery located at 1945 SE Crystal Lake Drive. Memorial Day Program at 11:00 a.m at Oregon State University’s Memorial Union located at 2501 SW Jefferson Way. The program is organized by Oregon State University Student Veterans Association and is free to attend. Eugene: Memorial Day Ceremony at 9:00 AM at Mt. Calvary Cemetery located at 220 Crest Drive. Memorial Day Observance at 11:00 a.m at Eugene Pioneer Cemetery located at 18th and University. Event is organized by American Legion Post #3 and VFW Post 283. Memorial Day Ceremony at 12:30 p.m. at Lane Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home located at 5300 W 11th Avenue. Memorial Day Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. at West Lawn Memorial Park located at 225 S. Danebo Avenue. Memorial Day taps will be played at 12 p.m. at public square of the Eugene Masonic Cemetery followed by a guided tour of the cemetery. The Hope Abbey Mausoleum will also be open to the public. Cake and coffee will be served. Events a...

The Historic Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum at City View Cemetery will celebrate its 100th anniversary with an open house this Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The celebration will coincide with the 34th annual Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery on Monday. The public is invited to learn about Salem's history in walking tours that will allow guests to read narratives of 44 individuals interred at the mausoleum, including governors, congressmen, mayors and business owners, over the weekend starting Saturday, May 24, at 9 a.m. The mausoleum is at 390 Hoyt St. S. "They can go to the niche or crypt where there is a short narrative to learn about their contribution," said City View owner and manager Rick Hilts. "These are the names we picked out and ones we knew we could get some type of narrative about what they did." For example, Charles Sprague, 22nd Governor of Oregon and publisher of the former Oregon Statesman, has a place in the mausoleum alongside his wife. Oregon 14th Governor Oswald West, whose term oversaw women's suffrage and prohibition coming into affect, now also rests at Mount Crest Abbey. A mausoleum, which features crypts for entombment and niches for cremains, is an alternative to below-ground burial. Hilts has organized a collection of pictures, newspaper clippings and other historic memorabili...

Sprague High School. Oswald West State Park. The names are familiar to any Salemite. But what's the story behind them? This weekend, Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum is inviting the public in to find out. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the mausoleum, at City View Cemetery, has put together a walking tour of its famous residents. And there are lots of them. Since only the prominent and wealthy paid to be interred in its marble halls in past decades, a good percentage of the 5,000 or so names on the walls are well-known. Now, however, the cost is about the same as a burial, owner Rick Hilts said. It was Hilts' daughter, Ellyn, who did weeks of research to put the tour together. The 20-year-old scoured the internet and dug through microfilm to find out the stories behind the names. The tour includes governors, congressmen, mayors and business owners. It also includes newspaper pages from dates significant to the mausoleum, including one from the day it opened in 1914. And there are a few slightly creepy extras, such as the original crematorium hidden behind a panel in the chapel, and the old vaults tucked away in a musty b...